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Old October 12th 06, 07:52 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Mxsmanic
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Default Radar track of Lidle's aircraft caught on Passur

Guy Elden Jr writes:

I don't have all the facts, just my experiences of having flown in the
same general area quite a few times, and the radar track as seen on
Passur. I did just fire up Flight Simulator 2004 tho with an SR-20 to
see if that turn is even possible, and flying north at 100 kts, 30
degree bank to the left, maintaining level flight, I was not able to
avoid crossing over into Manhattan when starting from directly over the
east bank of the East River. Maybe it's doable at a slower speed, but
you'd have to probably drop flaps to safely slow the plane down more.
(not sure what the clean stall speed is of that plane).


You don't need to care about stalls in that plane--it has airbag
seatbelts, a parachute, and pretty color screens.

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